Note 4 - Residential Mortgage Loans Held in Securitization Trusts (Net) and Real Estate Owned (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Mortgage Loans on Real Estate [Abstract]  
Schedule of Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Table Text Block]
   

December 31,

2013

   

December 31,

2012

 

Unpaid principal balance

  $ 165,173       189,009  

Deferred origination costs – net

    1,053       1,198  

Reserve for loan losses

    (2,989

)

    (2,978

)

Total

  $ 163,237       187,229  
Allowance for Credit Losses on Financing Receivables [Table Text Block]
   

Years Ended December 31,

 
   

2013

   

2012

   

2011

 

Balance at beginning of period

  $ 2,978     $ 3,331     $ 2,589  

Provisions for loan losses

    701       675       1,380  

Transfer to real estate owned

    (407

)

    (899

)

    (192

)

Charge-offs

    (283

)

    (129

)

    (446

)

Balance at the end of period

  $ 2,989     $ 2,978     $ 3,331  
Real Estate Owned Through Foreclosure [Table Text Block]
   

December 31,

2013

   

December 31,

2012

   

December 31,

2011

 

Balance at beginning of period

  $ 732     $ 454     $ 740  

Write downs

    (433

)

    (124

)

    (87

)

Transfer from mortgage loans held in securitization trusts

    1,184       1,569       698  

Disposal

    (375

)

    (1,167

)

    (897

)

Balance at the end of period

  $ 1,108     $ 732     $ 454  
Past Due Financing Receivables [Table Text Block]

Days Late

 

Number of Delinquent

Loans

   

Total

Unpaid Principal

   

% of Loan

Portfolio

 

30 - 60

    3       601       0.36 %

61 - 90

    1       239       0.14 %

90 +

    30       18,036       10.76 %

Real estate owned through foreclosure

    5       2,381       1.42 %

Days Late

 

Number of Delinquent

Loans

   

Total

Unpaid Principal

   

% of Loan

Portfolio

 

30 - 60

    3     $ 751       0.39 %

61 - 90

        $       %

90 +

    32     $ 18,762       9.85 %

Real estate owned through foreclosure

    4     $ 1,421       0.75 %
Schedules of Concentration of Risk, by Risk Factor [Table Text Block]
   

December 31,

2013

   

December 31,

2012

 

New York

    35.9 %     37.8

%

Massachusetts

    24.6 %     25.2

%

New Jersey

    10.4 %     9.5

%

Florida

    5.8 %     5.1

%

Connecticut

    5.6 %     5.0

%